Selecting Effective Teaching Strategies

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STRATEGYA plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.

Need for a Repertoire of Teaching Strategy-We are expected to have a repertoire of teaching strategies or methods to choose from to cater to an array of multiple intelligences and learning styles displayed by our students.

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Strategies must be;

Interactive Interdisciplinary MultidisciplinaryExperientialVariedConnected to students’ daily life are effective

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THERE IS NO SINGLE BEST METHOD

-This means that there are myriad of factors that have to be considered in the choice of teaching strategy.

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Factors to be Consider in the Choice of Method

The Instructional ObjectiveThe Nature of the Subject matterThe LearnersThe teacherSchool Policies

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Two Main Methodsa.Deductive Method-begins with what is abstract,general, unknown to the learners and proceeds to whatis concrete, specific and what is known to the learners.

b.Inductive Method-starts with what is concrete, specificand what is known to the learners and ends with whatis abstract,general and unknown.

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Deductive MethodADVANTAGESCoverage of a wider scope of subject matter.No bother on the part of the teacher to lead learners to

formulation of the generalization of rule.

DISADVANTAGESIt is not supportive of the principle that learning is an

active process.Lesson appears uninteresting at first.

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INDUCTIVE METHODADVANTAGESThe learners are more engaged in the teaching-learning process.Learning becomes more interesting at the outset because we begin the experience of our students.It helps the development of our learners higher-order-thinking-skills

(HOTS).

DISADVANTAGESIt requires more time and so less subject matter will be covered.It demands expert facilitating skills on the part of the teacher.

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Marisa B. Bobiles BEED-4

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